For many people who grow up in small towns, it is almost a race to try to get out and move to a big city. For Amanda, her experiences abroad gave her insight into the tremendous potential that New Brunswick had to offer. She is the Director at NouLAB and in this episode, we discuss her audacious goal to redefine New Brunswick. She is working to disrupt the way decisions are made.

She is working to help people see problems form many different perspectives. Quoting Peter Senge, she remind us that we have a tendency to see the system from our perspective. Much of her work is about helping people look at problems form a different perspective. She is working to help a city rethink how the solve problems. As a way of helping people rethink their perspective two powerful questions emerged.

•What is the work that you trying to do?
•What is the work you are doing?

Perhaps my favorite thing about this episode is Amanda’s favorite word Lagom. Lagom is the Swedish word for “just the right amount.” We did not talk about it much in the show, but it is such a powerful concept. Another powerful concept in this episode was Amanda’s favorite quote was by Anne Frank.

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”

In reflecting on this Anne Frank’s quote, we are reminded that there are no magic bullets and that this work is about learning together.